How are the supermarkets holding out where people live? When advance notice of the lockdown came out there was a rush on toilet paper, face masks and hand sanitizer. The last two items I could sort of understand but toilet paper? We make the stuff and it was mainly one ethnic. group that was involved with the run on it. With everyone at home the nations ovens are fired up and there is a huge demand for all types of flour and yeast. Being early autumn there is probably more bottling (canning - US) going on than there has been for more than 70 years.

Tonight I went to the little store near my house for beer. They were out of the normal beer and only had that hippy IPA shit. The end is almost here shipmates! The beer is almost gone. (The next store I went to had beer but still…)

[image] DeckApe: They were out of the normal beer and only had that hippy IPA shit. The hipsters that used to swear by IPAs like it was the nectar of the gods are the also the ones that made PBR just as expensive. Seriously though…i’m sure there is lots more day and binge drinkin’ going on these days. Off topic sorta, now that the weather is warmer inflatable pools are the new ‘hard to get’ item

[image] DeckApe: The end is almost here shipmates! The beer is almost gone. No worries here. Intellectuals made fun of us preppers for decades but they don’t have a bomb shelter/zombie proof cave filled with this. Who’s laughing now Suckers!! [images.jpeg]

As much as I hate it that IPA stuff it sells like a bastard, only Labbatts for me. Had someone stop saturday and drop off a bunch of samples trying to have us put it in the cooler. [20200509_151603] I havent tried it yet. [20200430_102554]

I agree there was going to be a huge drop off in demand for paper especially the high end stuff, but the lower grade doesnt cost much to produce, they cut the supply price but jacked up the product price :joy:. I’ve got 2ld of hemlock to send this week and hopefully I dont get beaten to bad. I put the paperwork in for a newer slasher and a newer propac delimber a couple weeks ago, no rush now.

[image] Ctony: inflatable pools are the new ‘hard to get’ item You nailed it. A week ago, I started receiving proposals from my family for an attractive deck to surround an above ground pool they decided we should get. Not going to happen.

I have a slightly used porta pool I bought for the mutt as a pup… Squeezed between #2 shed and the anti-immigration fence. Is it worth anything now?

[image] Ctony: The hipsters that used to swear by IPAs like it was the nectar of the gods are the also the ones that made PBR just as expensive. Never fear. The next hipster beers are already here in retro form. Narraganset for the East Coast and Rainier for the West. Your PBR should return to manageable levels in due time as the trends shift.

Corona 12 packs are on sale here. Some people are afraid to buy them. What a mess for their unfounded hysteria and the media being knuckleheads creating same.

This explains a few things. As U.S. meat workers fall sick and supplies dwindle, exports to China soar. China pays a higher price for pork causing a shortage in the United States which drives domestic prices up. Win for corporations! Loose for Americans. :face_with_thermometer: [image] As U.S. meat workers fall sick and supplies dwindle, exports to China soar U.S. President Donald Trump ordered meat processing plants to stay open to protect the nation's food supply even as workers got sick and died. Yet the plants have increasingly been exporting to China while U.S. consumers face shortages, a Reuters...

How are the supermarkets holding out where people live?

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